Enantiomerically pure head-to-head-to-tail triple-stranded helicates synthesized using a subcomponent self-assembly approach possess high anticancer activities against cancer cell lines without significant damage to DNA and with low toxicity to bacteria.
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Albrecht, M. Making head–head–tails of it. Nature Chem 6, 761–762 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2040
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